Acer TravelMate 5740G

Introduction

This is a template for a future guide to running Linux with the Acer TravelMate 5740G laptop. If you have the Acer TravelMate 5740G and are running Linux on it please consider editing this page or adding a comment below with your compatibility details. By contributing you will help other people running this laptop or trying to make a decision on whether to buy it or not.

Summary

My version of 5740G has Broadcom WiFi device which is not supported out of the box in “totally free” distros like Debian. Graphic card (Radeon 5470) sometimes keeps high temperatures with free driver and some distros (liku Ubuntu) doesn't recognize it properly after installation of Catalyst.

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